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Glassware of India

The glass industry in India
The modern Indian glass industry is around 100 years old. In the first half of the last century the industry was rather primitive, melting the glass in pot furnaces and small tank furnaces that were fuelled by either coal or gas. From the early 1950s the glass industry started manufacturing using modern equipment, both for melting and production. It was in the last decade of the twentieth century that the Indian glass industry started to seriously compete globally, installing improved furnaces to conserve energy and therefore reduce the cost of production.

The story of glass India
The technology of glass making was possibly an accidental product during some type of metallurgical or similar operation. The term "glass" includes a wide range of products that are characterized chiefly by their desired rate of cooling. The Egyptian and Mesopotamian regions (particularly ancient Assyria) had glass-makers even in the third millennium BC. It seems that the Indus Valley Civilization or Harappan (Harappa is an archaeological site in Punjab, northeast Pakistan.) settlements did not have glass, although Harappans had contacts with the Mesopotamian region. Perhaps the Harappans preferred faience(Earthenware decorated with colorful opaque glazes. ), which was a type of proto-glass.

Use of glass
Laboratory equipment refers to the various tools and equipment used by scientists working in a laboratory, such as Bunsen Burners, Microscopes, specialty equipments such as spectrophotometers and calorimeters. Laboratory Equipment is generally used to either perform an experiment or to take measurements and gather data, especially in chemistry and biology laboratories.

1. 1. Bottle
   

2.Burettes
3.Distillation
4.Funnels
5.Flasks
6.Bubblers
7.Measuring Cylinder
8.Stirrers
9.Tubes

Popularity of glass items
Glass items such as chimneys, animals, bottles, jars, bangles, lamps are attractively made and the shapes have a lots of variety. Some glassware like tikuli in Varanasi chudi ka jodas & sonabai bangles of Hyderabad are renowned for such items. The technique tikuli is used by Patna also. As everyone knows children loves toys so the Saharanpur make beautiful toys for children filled with colored liquid called Panchkora.

List of glassware
This list of glassware includes drinking vessels, tableware, such as dishes, and flatware used to set a table for eating a meal, general glass items such as vases, and glasses used in the catering industry whether made of glass or plastics such as polystyrene and polycarbonate.

Other
Glass container, container made from glass Art glass, glassware that is modern art Laboratory glassware, a variety of equipment, traditionally made of glass, used for scientific experiments Yard glass, a very tall, conical beer glass, with a round ball base, usually hung on a wall when empty Pitcher, a container, usually with a spout for pouring its contents Vase, an open container often used to hold flowers Punch bowl a bowl that punch is put in, generally used in parties Beverage coaster a flat ceramic or wood piece that protects tables

Types of Drink ware
Beaker - is typically a non-disposable plastic or ceramic cup or mug without a handle, much like a laboratory beaker.
Beer stein - is an English neologism for either traditional beer mugs made out of stoneware.
Chalice - is a goblet or footed cup, used for religious purposes.
Tumblers - is a flat-bottomed drinking glasses.
Quaich - is a special kind of shallow two-handled drinking cup or bowl in Scotland.
Sake cup - is a generic term for the flask and cups used to serve sake, the traditional Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice.
Stemware - is drink ware that stands on stems above a base.
Tankard - is a form of drink ware consisting of a large, roughly cylindrical, drinking cup with a single handle.
Pythagorean cup - is a form of drinking cup which forces its user to imbibe only in moderation.

External links

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